Metallic car-body.



No. 825,040. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. E. I. DODDS. METALLIC GAR BODY.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. so 1905.

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No. 825,040. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

E. I, DODDS. METALLIC CAR BODY.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 30, 1905.

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PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

E. I. DODDS. METALLIC CAR BODY. APPLICATION FILED ooT.3o, 1905.

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ETHAN I. DODDS, OF PULLMAN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE PULLMAN COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS'.

METALLIC CAR-BODY.

Application filed October 3,0, 1905. Serial No. 285,149.

' vention has its sides or ends, or both, provided with integral hollowv outwardlyextended ribs or stakes. To strengthen tlie structure,

.QI tie vtogether by means of a llat plate or flanged bar the two portions of the metal sheet on each side of each stake.

Since the stakes can be stamped or pressed out of the planes of the sheets without .heating the latter, my improved yform of carbody canv be cheaply manufactured and at the same time possess an attractive appearance and greater strength than has been usual.

i Preferred mechanical embodiments of my a car embodying one species of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the car illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged end elevation of the car-body illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1 as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 5 is an ,enlarged section of a portion of the side of the car-'body shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan view, partly in section, of a car embodying a modification of in'y invention. tion of a corner portion of the car shown in Fig. 6.= y Y The car-body illustrated in Fig. 1 has the usual floor-plates and the transverse and longitudinal strips 11 and 11a, respectively.

r*The center portion of each car side comprises ametallic plate 12, which has pressed out of t'ie plane of its surface a series of outwardly --'xten'ded hollow integral ribs or stakes 13,

each having a reinforcing strap or plate 14, which is riveted to the portions of the plate 12 on the opposite sides of the stake, this construction being 'clearly shown in Figs. 1

Specification of Letters vPatent.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged horizontal sec Patented Juiy 3, i906.

and 5. Each plate 15, which comprises an end portion of the side of the car-body and also one-half of the end of the same, has one or more integral side stakes 16, each with a reinforcing-plate 17 in all respects like the stakes and plates 13 and 14, and it also has, 'one or more similar end stakes 18 and a rounded corner-stake 19 and `angle-plate 20, tying together and secured to the end and side portions ofthe plate on opposite sides of corner-stake 19. The ends of plate adjacent to the plates 12 are fastened thereto by means of an additional row of rivets 21 in conjunction witli the adjacent plate 17,

which in this instance acts also as a buttstrap for lthe splice, as shown in Fig. 1.

The underfrarne of the car comprises twin spaced center channels 22 andl transverse beams 23, eacli of which has an upper integral flange 24 and a similar lower flange 25, each oppositely disposed pair of the latter being tied together by a compressioii-plate 26, riveted thereto and passing under the center sills, as shown in Fig. 4. Angle-plates 27 secure the inner ends of the transverse beams 23 to the center sills, and an angleplate 23 is also riveted at the outer'end of.

eacli beam 23. Floorlates 10, which may extend across the who e width of the car or may reach merely from the side to the adjajcent center sill, are provided at their outer'v edges with integral upturned flanges 30. A

longitudinal angle-bar 31 runs lengthwise of each side of the car in theposition shown, and rivets 32 secure together side plates 12 or 15, as the case may be, having the integral hollow stakes 13 or 16, reinforcing straps or plates 14 or 17, angle-bar 31, and angle-plate 28. Additional rivets 33 fasten together side plates 12, reinforcing-straps 14, and the upturned flanges of the Hoor-plates. By such a construction the sides and end plates of the car, including even the floor-plates, if desirable, can be fastened together before the structure is secured to the underframe, and the whole body of the car can be readily removed from the underframe by` severing a comparatively small number of rivets. t

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a modification wherein each side plate 34 adjacent t o ,the end of the car is provided with a plurality of integral side ribs or stakes 35 and 36, the latter being the larger and disposed opposite the ends of the body-holsters. In this modi- IOO fication for'reinfoicing the side stakes 35 I employ T-shaped bars 37, the oppositelyextended flanges of which are riveted t'o the metal plateon'opposite sides of each stake,

the remaining portion of the bar fitting in the hollow stake, as is clearly shown in Fig. 6. lVithin each of the larger hollow stakes 36 is placed an I-bar 38, similarly riveted to the Y side plate,`. the web and outer Hanges fitting in the stake, as is also illustrated in Fig. 6.

. In this modification the side plates 34 and end plates 40 are-not integral, the joint uniting the two being near the corner of .the car at the point 39. In this modified structure the corner-stakes 41 and end stakes 42 are integral with the single plate 40, which forms' the whole end of the car-body, the stakes 42 each being equipped with a reinforcing T-bar 43 in all resp ects similar to the bars 37. On the inside of each corner I preferably employ an upright angle-bar 44, riveted to the end plate 40at each side of the corner-stake 41, one portion of theA angle-bar serving also as a butt-strap for the splice between the end and side plates. Fig. 7,*which is an enlarged section of theseparts, illustrates the construction clearly. A coping angle-bar 45 is preferably provided at the y top edge of the sides'and ends of bot-h forms tions of the plate on opposite sides of the stake, substantially as described.

2. A railway-car including a side or end plate having a hollow stake integral therewith pressed out of the plane of theplate, and a reinforcing member fastened to and tying together thetwo portions of the plate on opposite sides of the stake, substantially as described.

3. A railway-car including a side or end plate having a hollow ribintegral therewith forming a stake and pressed out of the plane of the plate, and a reinforcing member fastened to and tying together the two portions ofthe plate on opposite sides of the stake, said reinforcing member having a portion fitting in the hollow rib, substantially as de'- scribed. v

4. A -railway-car including a side or end plate having a hollow stake integral therewith pressed out of the plane of the plate, and an I-bar. the flanges at one edge .of the web of said I-bar fastened to and tying together.'

the two portions of the plate on opposite sides of the stake, the remaining portion of said bar fitting within the hollow stake, substantially as described.

5. A railway-car having a side or end plate with a hollow corner'stake integral with said plate, substantially as described.

6. A railway-car including a Aside or end plate having a'hollow corner-stake integral therewith, and a reinforcing member fastened to andv tying together the two portions of the plate on opposite sides of the stake, substantially as described'.

7 A railway-car including'a side or end -plate having a hollow corner-stake integral .therewith, and a reinforcing anglebarfas tened to and tying together the two portions of the plate on opposite sides of the stake, substantially as described. v

'8. A railway-car having an integral side and end plate anda hollow corner-stake-integral therewith, substantially as described.

9. A railway-car having an integral side and end pla-te and a corner-stake integral therewith, said side plate also having one or more side stakes integral therewith, substantially as described.

10. In a railway-car, the combination ofa transverse beam having a flange at its outer end, a longitudinal. angle-bar fastened to said flange, and a side plate having one or more stakes integral therewith fastened to said flange and angle-bar, substantially as described.

11. In a railway-car, the combination of a transverse lbeam having flanges at its top edge and outer end, a flanged 'Hoor-plate se'- cured to said top flange, a longitudinal -anglebar secured to the end flange of said transverse beam, and a side plate having one or more stakes integral therewith secured tothe flange of said Hoor-plate and to said anglebar and end flange of said transverse beam, substantially as described.

' 12. In a railway-'car the combination of a transverse beam having a top flange, a flanged floorlate. fastened to said top ange, an ang e-plate fastened to the outer end of said transverse beam, a' longitudinal angle-bar, a side plate having a hollow stake integral therewith, a reinforcing member tying together the two Jortions of said late on op osite sides of sai stake, rivets ho ding toget er the flange of said floor-plate, said reinforcing member and said side plate,and additional'rivets securing together said side plate, reinforcing member, longitudinal angle-bar, and angle-plate, substantially as described.

ETHAN I. DODDS.

Witnesses: l FREDERICK C. GOODWIN,

WAI-.TER M. FULLER. 

